May Festival Awards Day Observed At Ben Dunman
At Ben Dunman Junior High School the May Festival crowned King Lynette Hinchee and Queen Mike Compton with a court of eighth and seventh graders. The program featured Glee Club songs, dances, drills, a May Pole, tumbling, and awards for spelling science athletics and cheerleading, with organizers Frederick Santon and staff guiding the event.
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Ben Dunman
Glee Club
Oh,Susanna
Dreama England
Charlotte Perdue
Patty Worley
Trudy Canterbury
Donna Rae Sisk
Lynette Hinchee
Linda Whitt
Sharon Neeley
Bucky Davis
Byron Stump
Ralph Butler
John Worley
Ronnie Lusk
Raymond Branham
Bobby Hearn
Alan Stewart
Ellen Fordham
Brenda Runion
Shelia Compton
Barbara Shrader
Reva Smith
Linda Joyce
Karren Wells
Richard Poff
Doug Nease
David Runion
Mike Runion
Darrell
Zed Bee Campbell Jr
Herschel Cook
Mae Gillenwater
Oceana High School Graduation Exercises Tonight
Oceana High School s 1961 graduation exercises set for 8 p m in the gymnasium. The theme Keep Climbing reflects the class motto with life size figures of two seniors climbing a gold ladder to a rainbow. Notable features include a prelude by Fred H Shannon a Pomp and Circumstance procession invocation by Rev Arthur S Carter and diplomas presented by Fred W Lokant. Valedictory by Patsy Terrell and co salutatorians Delores Blackburn and Patsy Blankenship. The program includes the chorus and band performances and a long list of graduating candidates. The event showcases awards by the Wyoming County Board of Education.
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Oceana
RNS
Oceana High School
Fred H. Shannon
Arthur S. Carter
Oceana Methodist Church
Ronald L. Cook
Fred W. Lokant
Wyoming County Board of Education
Patsy Terrell
Rolla Terrell
Oceana High School Chorus
L. Lewandowski
Whitney- Cramer
Rodgers and Hammerstein
George Brewster
Diana
Gluck
Kay Este
Fiostella Johnson
Richard Leon Justice
George Haford Justice
Edith Josephine Kennedy
Thomas Harrison King
Connie Kinser
Alta Jeanne Laxton
Danny Ray Long
Andrew Fairley Lusk
Janice Oneitta Lusk
John Ben
Jamine Tusk
George F. Marcum
Harry Gene Marcum
Jerry Lee Marks
Melvin Martin
Jerry Malcolm Matthews
Ellis Maynard
Norma Lee McGraw
Lee Roy
Messer
Carolyn Browning Mil
Miss Betty Lou McKinney Representing Herndon At Jacksons Mill Camp
Miss Betty Lou McKinney daughter of Mr and Mrs Dasil McKinney Bud was chosen by Herndon High School Faculty to represent Herndon at Jacksons Mill Camp for one week June 11 17 She is 17 a junior born at Basin and attended Bud Alpoca Grade School She is active in Bud Baptist Church choir Sunday School Class president member of Tri Hi Y Honor Society Baptist Youth Fellowship and a cheerleader this past year
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Betty Lou McKinney
Dasil McKinney
Bud
Herndon High School
Herndon
Jackson’s Mill Camp
Basin
Bud-Alpoca
Bud Baptist Church
Tri- Hi-Y, Honor Society
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Birth of Kimberly Ann Robertson in Princeton
Mr and Mrs David Robertson of Princeton announce the birth of daughter Kimberly Ann on May 15 at Memorial Hospital in Princeton at 7 45 am. The baby weighed six pounds seven and a half ounces. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs A L Robertson Mullens and maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs James Spencer Princeton. Robertson teaches at Pineville High School.
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Mullens
RNS
David Robertson
Princeton
Kimberly Ann
Memorial Hospital
A. L. Robertson
James Spencer
Robertson
Pineville High School
Dambrosky Posts Bond After Dui in Fayetteville
John Edward Dambrosky of Longacre posted a 500 appearance bond for a May 31 hearing before Magistrate Myrl O'Dell on a drunken driving charge. He was taken into custody around 1 55 a.m. Saturday after his car left the road and went into a ditch on U S 21 near Fayetteville, deputies said.
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Fayetteville
RNS
John Edward Dambrosky
Longacre
Myrl O'Dell
Dambrosky
P. L. Elmore
Earl Dempsey
U. S. 21
Notice to take over weekly furniture payments
Manager seeks a reliable party to assume weekly payments of 3.00 for an eight piece bedroom suite with dresser mirror bookcase bed chest mattress springs two pillows and bedspread. Also invites someone to take over 1.50 weekly for a five piece Pedinette set with table and four plastic covered chairs. Finally a responsible party is asked to assume 3.00 weekly payments for a seven piece living room set including sofa bed chair two end tables coffee table and two lamps.
64 Seniors To Graduate From Fayetteville HS
Fayetteville High School will hold combined commencement and graduation exercises for the 1961 class at 4 p.m. May 28 in the Fayette County Auditorium. Principal David L. Hypes notes 64 candidates. Music by the band under James Queen, invocation by Rev. J Edwin Stanfield, and a graduation sermon by Rev. William Dreger. Diploma awards by Dr. E O Wiseman. Benediction by Rev. Charles Thompson. Recipient list includes Larry Bailes, Brenda Baker, Robert Beasley, Joe Bess, David Brockock, Glenna Bowyer, Charles Campbell, Henrietta Cline, Mary Coffey, Tommy Coleman and many more.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayetteville High School
Fayette County
David L. Hypes
James Queen
J. Edwin Stanfield
Madeline Sims
E. O. Wiseman
Sional
Larry
Joe Bailes
Brenda Elaine Baker
Robert Lee Beasley
Joe Bill Bess
David William Bocock
Robert Gene Bode
Glenna Louise Bowyer
Charles Lee Campbell
Henrietta Cline
Mary Etta Coffey
Tommy Lee Coleman
Peggy Jane Cottle
Charles Dewayne Craft
Dallas Nelson Dempsey Jr
Mary Jane Dennler
Maoa Rose Dickenson
Susan Anne Edds
Gary Wayne Ellison
Marcia Rosalind Epperly
Judy Kay Farmer
Kenneth Franklin Feazell
Carol Ann Fox
Nance
Jane Garrett
Laura Bethel Alkerson
James Carlton Godby
Elmer Floyd Hall
Mary Katherine Hambrick
Mary Elizabeth Hash
Rick Duval Hesse
James Edwin Holliday
Kitty Lynn Hornsby
Charlies Mahan Houchins
Joetta
Carol Howard
Albert Ray Humphreys
Billy James
Neal Jordan
Florence Gail Lilly
Roberta Kay Martin
Karen Joyce McKinney
Jimmy Ray McMillion
Phyllis Lorette Mealy
Patricia Ann Myers
Cecil Alfred Neal
Mary Martha Pasley
David Howard Patton
Joseph Erimino Pilato
Carol Jean Ray
Loretta Kay Richmond
Carol Alane Richmond
Karen Sue Scarbrough
Charles Robert Seal
James Burton Shieler
Shirley Kyle Skaggs
Clara Mae Smith
Norman Ray Smith
Robert William Spath
Vernon Ray Stanley
John Milton Thompson
Tana Sue Toler
Ellen Joan Waddell
Charlotte Ann Wilson
Herman Matthew Wilson
John Douglas Wood
Fayetteville Jaycees Seek Organizing Meeting Soon
Enthusiasm runs high as Fayetteville area men plan a Junior Chamber of Commerce chapter. Oak Hill Jaycees gathered in the Circuit Courtroom to gauge interest. talks outlined aims and accomplishments. An organizational session is set for 8 p.m. Tuesday with invitation extended to men aged 21 to 36 in the Fayetteville area.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Chamber of Commerce
Oak Hill
Jaycees
Circuit
Joe Doyle
Floyd Warrick
Don Goodson
Oak Hill Jaycees Win Four State Honors
Oak Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce entered four projects in the state competition and won three first places and a second in Division I for towns under 5,000. President Floyd Warrick and spouse attended the Martinsburg convention and announced top honors for the Rinky Dink Basketball Tournament and Go-Cart race. A clothing drive for Fayette Needy Association earned second place.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Warrick
Martinsburg
Warrick
The
Jaycees
Collins High School
Fayette Needy Association
Birth of Vincent William Lee Lively in Hammond Indiana
Mr and Mrs Vincent Lively of Whiting Indiana announce the birth of their first child a son named Vincent William Lee born May 18 at St Marys Hospital Hammond Indiana He weighs seven pounds six ounces Mrs Lively is Treena Maynor daughter of Mr and Mrs William Maynor of Lively The baby is the son of Mrs Tom Holley and the late William Big Bill Lively of Lively Indiana.
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Vincent Lively
Whiting
Ind
Vincent William Lee
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hammond
Lively
Treena Maynor
William Maynor
Tom ;Holley
William
Big Bill
15 Couples Seek Permits To Wed In Fayetteville
Fayette County Clerk records list 15 marriage license applications including Densil Allen Jr. and Joyce Brown both from Washington D C and Alva Burgess with Bonnie Coffman from Carlisle. Others include Paul Carelli and Alice Koch of Smithers and Langdom Hypes with Brenda Erskine of Gauley Bridge.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Densil C. Allen Jr
Washington, D. C
Densil and
Ethel Allen
Joyce Elizabeth Brown
Richard C
Mary
Etta Brown
Alva Ray Burgess
Oak Hill
Carl and
Della Burgess
Bonnie Sue Coffman
Carlisle
Thomas and
Avenelle Coffman
Harless C. Baker
Billy and
Eric Baker
Navada Ina Nutter
Ansted
Warren T
Mary E. Fox
Paul Carelli
Smithers
Tom and
Hallie Carelli
Alice Jane Koch
James Henry
Mabel Koch
Walter Don Carelli
Charlotte Warden
John and
Grace Jackson
Roy Elmer Davis
Edmond
Elmer
Rosie Mae Davis
Carol Sue McQuerry
Route 1
Horace and
Marie McQuerry
Langdom D. Hypes
Mullens Selective Service Office to Close for Conference
The Selective Service Office in Mullens will close this Friday May 26 as clerk Mrs Emogene Lilly attends the annual conference at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston.
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Mullens
RNS
Emogene Lilly
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
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Jesse Morgan
Wyoming County
Crowns Lynette Hinchee May
Morgan
Mike Compton
Oceana HS
B & E Oak Hill
New River Co
Whipple
Wojciewicz
Charlene Toler
Constance Limuise Toler
Imajean Turner Toler
Pauletta Mae Wallace
Dorothy Walls
Nancy Whisenant
Richard Williams
Shirley Ann Workman
MR. West Tomchin
Fayetteville HS
Fayette Jaycees
Oak Hill Jaycees
Gauley Bridge
Langdom V
Evelyn Hypes
Brenda Marshall Erskine
Thomas H.erskine
Gertrude L. Martin
Russell Omar Hypes
Hico
Delmar
Bessie Hypes
Elaine Carolyn Skaggs
Delphi
Ellen Skaggs
Leon Virgil Harper
Kimberly
S. W
Mary Harper
Rosetta Kendricks
Carbondale
Joe B
Mae Kendricks
David Junior Hinkle
Mount Nebo
Willie E
Lucy A. Hinkle
Betty Joe Nunley
Russellville
Mathew
Florence Nunley
George K. Mullins
Earlie and
Stella Mullins
Eileen Slayton
Mae Slayton
Charles C. Parrish
Willard Parrish
Myrtle Pridemore
Alice Dilley
Earl Dilley
Ollie Massey
Oliver Ray Rose
Lawrence
Hazel Rose
Edna Mae Jones
Howard
Helen Jones
Ronald Samuel Smith
John William
Lola Smith
Norma Elizabeth Hatfield
Scarbro
Luther
Bertha Hatfield
James Franklin Wriston
Mossy
James S. and
Jewell Wriston
Jacqueline Faye Scarbro
Roy and
Hattie I Scarbro
Ancientage Dist. CO
Frankfort, KY
Greyhound Scenicruiser
Greyhound
Va. Beach
Daytona Beach
K.T
Bra. O.W
Cincinnati
Detroit
Mich
Greyhound Terminal
Prince Street
Beckley
West Virginia
Eadly
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Bank
Chesapeake and Potomac
Ann
Jim
Doris
Mr. Smith
Andersons
Janie
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